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Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
BWV 34
Kantate zum Pfingstfest (1. Pfingsttag)
Neue, revidierte Ausgabe.
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232908
Offertorium de venerabili sacramento
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 2 violins, 3 trombones ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234912
KV 197 (186e)
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234895
in due cori
Stuttgarter Vivaldi Ausgaben - Urtext
Viola - Coro 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234770
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234650
Über die Nicht- und Flüchtigkeit des menschlichen Lebens.
Kantate zum 24. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Telemann-Archiv – Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola da gamba 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234622
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234597
Graduale in C
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237900
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237748
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236280
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236224
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra [organ]
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236040
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 280476
arrangiert von Johann Sebastian Bach
aus der Notenbibliothek Johann Sebastian Bachs
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234281
Cantata for the 11th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233971
Cantata for the Sunday of Misericordias Domini
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233712
Cantata for the Sunday of Misericordias Domini
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233711
Cantata for the 21st Sunday after Trinity – Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition 2017
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233667
Kantate zum 7. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233645
Ein Singspiel zu Matthäus 6,28 nach Motiven aus 2. Mose 1
für Kinder- oder Jugendchor, Einzelstimmen, Sprecher und Tasteninstrument
Melodie- und Rhythmusinstrumente (auch Orff-Instrumente) ad lib.
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Single part Melody instrument (C)
Item no.: 231434
Ein Singspiel zu Matthäus 6,28 nach Motiven aus 2. Mose 1
für Kinder- oder Jugendchor, Einzelstimmen, Sprecher und Tasteninstrument
Melodie- und Rhythmusinstrumente (auch Orff-Instrumente) ad lib.
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Guitar and bass (single part)
Item no.: 231433
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232492
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1136627
from Johann Sebastian Bach's music library
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 2 violas, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 694131
Kantate zum Sonntag Sexagesimae
Leipziger Fassung, 1715(?)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 4 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655884
for: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582351
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 565406
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424970
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424873
Erstausgabe bei Carus
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part (Violin solo)
Item no.: 424865
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424742
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424740
op. 16
Einzelstimme Vc.
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424415
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424188
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424068
Passions-Oratorium
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424061
Ein Singspiel zu Matthäus 9,9-13
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Single part Piano
Item no.: 423976
Graduale
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423963
Choralkantate
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235754
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235747
Part 2 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235684
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235509
Missa pro defunctis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235428
KV 117 (66a = 47b)
Einzelstimme Va. 2
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234952
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237018
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
auf der Grundlage des 1980 wiederaufgefundenen Autographs
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Horn 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236725
Dominicusmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236646
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Stuttgarter Telemann-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226580
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